Marion Cotillard

I know Yves Saint Laurent's "Fashion Fades, but Style is Eternal is so cliche, but I truly believe in it. I think without that style, without our own unique sense of expression and adventure with our clothing, we run the risk of being, well, mundane. Each month, I find myself allured to all different kinds of women who express a style so incomparable, it's so hard to not notice them as an icon.

And it's not just because I recently watched Inception that I bring this up. I have noticed the classic style of Marion Cotillard for a long time now. She really did start to stand out most to me for her role in Nine, when she began to grace the red carpets more frequently and suddenly became our modern day Elizabeth Taylor; and not to mention the perfect title holder of Lady Dior.







Marion Cotillard is timeless classic beauty and has the grace of Hollywood starlets that only existed during the golden age. She's a style icon in 2010 but will continue to inspire many such as myself, that fake tans, big boobs and big hair don't make a woman beautiful, rather it is her elegance and class that trumps it all.





I leave you now with some of my favourite looks from Marion Cotillard:


At the 6th Marakkech International Film Festival


At the 2007 Cannes Film Festival


At the 2010 Screen Actors Guild Awards in Ellie Saab (Fall 2009)


At the 2010 Critic's Choice Awards in Christian Dior (Spring 2010)


At the Palm Springs Film Festival Awards Gala in Ellie Saab


At the 2009 Academy Awards in Christian Dior (Fall 2008 Couture)


At the 2008 Screen Actors Guild Awards in Nina Ricci (Spring 2008)

Inception - My Two Cents

No you don't have to turn away, I swear there are no spoilers in this entry.

Last night, I had the pleasure to go see the advance screening of Christopher Nolan's latest flick, Inception and all 148 minutes was worth it. It has really been a while since I've seen a movie where I sat at the edge of my seat the whole time, watching every move and every step of every character. It's the type of movie that keeps you guessing till the very last scene.

For those of you who have been living under a rock, Inception is a film that explores the simple human function of dreaming but at a whole other level. The film takes us in a world where people have the technology and the capability to enter each other's minds while they are dreaming even as far as using it to their advantage; in this case, stealing information from a person's subconscious. Nolan creates a world for us that seems so far out of reality yet convinces us at the same time that it can be possible. The whole movie is thought-provoking, intelligent and thrilling. The whole cast (including the superb talents of Leonardo Di Caprio, Marion Coutillard, Ellen Page and Joseph Gordon-Levitt) portrays the story so flawlessly that they let you believe that their world is real.

Also, ladies, if you're not a fan of thrillers or actions, but you're getting dragged to go see the movie, (although I don't know why anyone would feel they are dragged to go see this) Joseph Gordon-Levitt is not the little boy from Angels in the Outfield anymore. He is 007 smooth and Details cover worthy.











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But I digress... Anyway, highly recommended. I give it 5 stars out of 5. Everyone go see it when it comes out in theatres Friday. And for those eager beavers, I hear the midnight showing line-ups start at 11:00, you better leave now.

Hiatus is Over and Happy Canada Day!

First, I'd like to greatly apologize to my loyal followers for my long hiatus. To explain things in a long story short form, basically everyone goes through life changes, and thankfully on my end it was good. However, that being said, it did and still does require a lot of my time to be extremely focused, which is why I decided to give that my one hundred and ten percent for the last few months. Now, I'm happy to be back and doing what I do, and I am ever so thankful for those who were on my case about updating the blog!

Secondly, I'd like to dedicate my return blog, only appropriately, to the nation that has welcomed me and adopted me ever so graciously; Canada. I have been in this wonderful country for five years now and I have never felt more at home anywhere else in the world than here. Despite recent events of mayhem that took place in my city of Toronto, I still think living in Canada is the best place in the world to be. Yes, people do apologize for everything here. Yes, people are a little confused with their national identity. Yes, people do love their beer and their hockey. Yes, people are extremely nice. And yes, people do say Eh! This is why Canada is the greatest place to be.

I therefore dedicate this post to my favourite Canadian designers. For those who say fashion and style do not exist in this nation, you obviously haven't looked around. They are everywhere. These are just some of them.

Sunny Fong





Greta Constantine





DSquared2





Evan Biddell





Happy Canada Day everyone!